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Disturbances to this tightly orchestrated process are responsible for features of diseases such as osteoporosis and rheumatoid arthritis, which show excessive bone breakdown, or ankylosing spondylitis, where abnormal bone growth occurs.

From Science Daily • May 21, 2024

Barber explained that he lives with a rare, debilitating and “dangerous” form of arthritis called ankylosing spondylitis, which prevents him from sitting in or rising from low chairs.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 29, 2023

The Rev. William Barber II said he needs the chair because he suffers from ankylosing spondylitis, a disabling bone disease.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 29, 2023

She has two chronic inflammatory conditions, irritable bowel disease and ankylosing spondylitis, and her son has Crohn’s disease.

From New York Times • Jul. 19, 2021

The ankylosing type of chronic arthritis is fortunately much rarer than those described above, and is chiefly met with in the joints of the fingers and toes and in those of the vertebral column.

From Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. by Thomson, Alexis